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Warner, G.C., ? Cadet, standing full-length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1249 Author/Creator: Warner, G.C., ? Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Subject is standing next to a railing on which lies a greatcoat and forage hat. Graphite inscription on verso "05." Ink inscription on verso "G. C. Warner. Buffalo, N.Y." Photographers imprint on verso: "I. G. Steiger's Photograph Gallery, 340 Chapel St. New Haven, Conn."

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